Memories for Wednesday, April 6, 2022

10 years ago-

Wednesday,

April 4, 2012

Malta man volunteered as donor to help a friend; but now he’s helping a stranger

Malta resident Derek Davis, 27, signed up for the bone marrow transplant registry several years ago hoping to beat the odds and save the life of his friend.

This morning he entered a hospital in Berkeley, Ca., hoping to save the life of a complete stranger.

After having received five injections over as many days to prepare him for the harvesting of his white blood cells, Davis was scheduled to undergo the six-hour procedure this morning at 8 a.m.

If all goes well, he will be back home in time for the Easter holiday with his family.

M-ette golfers could make bid for state title this year; boys have veteran squad back too

With veteran crews back, Malta High School golf coach Lynn Nevrivy is expecting big things from both the girls and boys squads.

“We didn’t graduate any girls and they placed fourth last year at state,” Coach Nevrivy said. A total of 10 girls are out for the squad.

“We lost one boy in the top five,” Coach Nevrivy added.

Returning lettermen on the girls’ squad include Lauren Buechler, McKenna Levesque, Kori Kindle, Paige Heikens, Sadie Stiles, and Sascha Cole.

Returning lettermen on the boys’ squad include Spencer VanWichen, Teaguean Knudsen, Joe Rappold, Ty Lulloff, and Garrett Zanto.

Showing at the Villa

Journey 2 Starring Josh Hutcherson and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

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25 years ago-

Wednesday,

April 2, 1997

Malta returns 10 state qualifiers as track opens

Malta welcomes 65 athletes and returns 10 different people who qualified for the state track meet last year. Both the boys and girls are scheduled to travel to Glasgow Saturday for the season-opening track meet.

Thirty girls and 35 boys freshman and up are out for track, according to Coach Tad Schye.

For the girls, Kim Wiederrick, Katie McConnell, and Cheryl Keller all qualified for state last year.

Keller finished second in the javelin, McConnell was third in the pole vault, and Keller and Wiederrick were on the 4x100 relay team that placed sixth. Wiederrick also qualified in the 100 and 200 dashes and the high jump.

For the boys, Kelly Kuszmaul, Kirk Stiles, Nate Salsbery, Joe Wilson, Darin Hanson, and Thad Bedwell all qualified for state at Malta. Dick Fuzesy also qualified for state in the shotput, but while in school at Harlem.

Stiles is the highest-returning placer, having a fourth-place finish in the javelin. He also made it in the triple jump and 4x100 relay. Kuszmaul qualified in the shotput and discus. Thad Bedwell was there in the pole vault and Nate Salsbery, Joe Wilson, Stiles, and Darin Hanson qualified in the 4x100 relay.

Bison problem’s frustrating

A prominent event in Montana right now is the overpopulation of buffalo at Yellowstone Park and the slaughtering of those infected with brucellosis.

An incurable disease that is carried in unborn and newborn calves or uterine fluids, the real danger is when brucellosis is passed on to humans, where it is then known as undulant fever.

Undulant fever has symptoms similar to the flu with high fever, chills, and body aches. It lives deep within the lymph glands of the chest.

Although the disease is incurable, antibiotics will help maintain a person’s health. But the fever could return with little or no notice.

Showing at the Villa Theatre

Donnie Brasco starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp

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50 years ago-

Thursday,

April 20, 1972

Cole Named High School All-American

Bill Cole of the Malta Mustangs has been selected as one of 1972’s top 100 high school senior All-American basketball players.

The selection from public, private, and parochial schools was made by Coach and Athletic Magazine and Sunkist Growers, in cooperation with the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.

Cole, a senior all-state forward, was also one of 27 of the 100 receiving special citations on the All-America Cum Laude Honor Roll for outstanding achievement in scholastic, extra-curricular, and community activities of their school, in addition to their basketball ability.

He has straight A’s at Malta High School where his team won 50 straight games and he averaged 17 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 5.1 assists.

As team captain, he was voted Most Valuable Player in the state tournament. Cole made all-district band two years, Student Council, National Honor Society, Who’s Who in High Schools, Boys State, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and is president of his senior class.

Grand Opening Of New Bank Is Saturday

The new First Security Bank of Malta will hold its Grand Opening this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to Jack Kelly, president. Free coffee and cookies will be served and several door prizes will be awarded to those who register.

Kelly invites all area people to come and inspect the new bank and its facilities.

The new bank is located at 130 South First East. Present directors include Paul Kropp, Roger Simonson, G. Ross Robinson, Keith Stine, Dan Nicholson, Leslie Eskildsen, Willis McKeon, and Jack Kelly. Kelly is president and cashier, Kropp is vice-president, McKeon is chairman of the board and Robinson is secretary.

Showing at the NEW Villa

Evel Knievel starring George Hamilton

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75 years ago-

Thursday,

April 10, 1947

Dudley Jones Elected Again As Dodson Mayor

Dudley Jones, Dodson mayor and Phillips County’s representative in the lower house of the state legislature was re-elected to the mayoralty of the west county town at Monday’s city election. He defeated Harold McBride, manager of the Dodson Farmers Union Mercantile Company.

Gale Black and Henning Johnson were re-elected to their posts as aldermen from Ward No. 1 and Lloyd Tribby and Carl W. Larson are new members of the city council chosen from Ward No. 2.

Malta Seniors Will Present Three-Act Play

The senior class of the Malta High School, under the direction of Instructor John Mikesell, will present the play, “The Tangled Yarn”, Friday, April 18. The play will be given in the high school auditorium.

The play is a comedy in three acts, written by Dagmar Vola. The plot concerns Camilla Page, an ambitious writer, who gets herself and everyone else involved by her reckless disregard for the truth, according to Mikesell. The dialogue is handled by the dramatic division of the senior class.

Showing at the Palace

Cuban Pete starring Desi Arnaz and Joan Fulton

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100 Years Ago - 1922

- Sid Davidson was in the news momentarily as the result of an automobile accident that occurred when the steering gear jammed on the coupe he was driving. Car and occupants rolled over into the ditch but there were no casualties.

- Phillips County voters numbering 2,998 were registered to vote in the presidential primary election, it was reported by the county clerk.

- Golf enthusiasts had had their customary spring pep meeting and the course was to be put into condition for another year of cow pasture pool.

- Jack Sullivan was the proud owner of a new Star car. Other sporting news of the week said that L.S. Champine, T.J. Larson, Ray Campbell, and Clarence Cosner were among the local sports to go to Chinook for a wrestling bout between Otto Suter and Tom Alley.

- Einar Veseth took off for Norway for a year’s visit with relatives over there.

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118 Years Ago - 1904

- H.C. Walker, W.M. Wooldridge, F.S. Reed, H.A. Vagg, J.R. Stephens, J.J. Kerr, L.H. Mills, and Andrew Davidson were selected as Valley County Delegates to the Republican State Convention at Helena.

- J.F. Murray was appealing to the local “courting trade” with the installation of a soda fountain, the first of its kind in town.

- The Enterprise was chuckling over the “confidence man” who had operated in town at the expense of a kindly housewife. A hobo appeared at a southside door and asked for some bread on the grounds that he had just moved into a neighboring house and had had no time to purchase supplies. Wanted to feed his children. The result was a huge basket of food furnished by the neighborly housewife. The hobo enjoyed a feast at a trackside shack and didn’t even return the basket.

- Schuyler Leedy was in from the river country with five huge wolf hides, a portion of a pack of ten marauders he was after. He secured the five animals by poisoning and trapping.

- Ike Neibaur, described by the Enterprise as “the sweet singer of Chouteau County,” was in Malta for a visit.

- Local progress was noted pridefully with the announcement that the Great Northern had added observation cars to its Oriental limited equipment across the state.